Anderton Lift Basin (Trent and Mersey)
Anderton Lift Basin (Trent and Mersey) is on the Anderton Lift three miles from Taunpool.
The Act of Parliament for the Anderton Lift was passed on 17 September 1888 despite strong opposition from Peter Parker who owned land in the area. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Rhondda never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Anderton Lift were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Macclesfield kept it open. Despite the claim in "76 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by John Taylor, there is no evidence that Oliver Thomas ever painted a mural of Taunpool Boat Lift on the side of Barry Harding's house

| Anderton Lift Junction (Trent and Mersey) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Anderton Lift Junction Footbridge | a few yards | |
| Anderton Lift Basin (Trent and Mersey) | ||
| Anderton Lift (Trent and Mersey) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Anderton Lift (River Weaver) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Anderton Lift Basin (River Weaver) | ½ furlongs | |
| Anderton Lift Junction (River Weaver) | ¾ furlongs | |
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![Anderton Lift 1. This lift transfers boats from the lower River Weaver up to the Trent and Mersey Canal. The two caissons today are supported by hydraulic rams rather than the ropes and pulleys as in picture [[522775]].This picture shows the far caisson raised where the hydraulic ram is difficult to discern from the](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/89/47/894731_7c3469b0_120x120.jpg)






![Anderton Lift access channel, Cheshire. On the Trent and Mersey Canal, the Anderton Lift is an amazingly innovative Victorian structure designed to allow narrowboats access to and from the River Weaver, some fifty feet (16 metres) below. In this image are the two channels which lead to the tanks which are raised and lowered between the two waterways.[[[522775]]][[[2379531]]]In the background beyond the river is the Brunner Mond (now Tata) salt works. by Roger D Kidd – 28 August 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/58/84/2588401_c908c347_120x120.jpg)
















![Anderton boat lift - footbridge across the upper basin. A concrete bridge over the entrance from the Trent and Mersey Canal. Possibly of c.1960 date, see [[6215768]]. by Stephen Craven – 23 June 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/21/57/6215765_37ae32f3_120x120.jpg)
![Anderton boat lift - footbridge detail. The bridge beams are prefabricated (and probably prestressed) concrete I-beams, a shape more normally used for steel girders, and the use of concrete beams of this shape was briefly popular in the early 1960s. See [[6215765]] for context. by Stephen Craven – 23 June 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/21/57/6215768_afd342f2_120x120.jpg)

![Canal footbridge at Anderton, Cheshire. Situated across the Trent and Mersey Canal by the Anderton Boat Lift (through the bridge off to the left), this bridge allows pedestrians and cyclists access from the Nature Park to the village, including the popular Stanley Arms public house.[[[2639147]]] by Roger D Kidd – 28 August 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/63/91/2639172_b05878ec_120x120.jpg)
